Tweets for the Day

• 11:42 VIDEO: Kids show off their art skills using my new book "Draw #StarWars: #CloneWars!" is.gd/5h7tK #drawing #
• 13:50 RT @BSCkids: One more day to enter contest! "Draw Star Wars: The Clone Wars" (5 copies, 1 signed by @bonniegrrl!) bit.ly/779d4D #
• 13:53 Tarantino at ILM Speaker Series: twitpic.com/spiry & twitpic.com/spiw8 #
• 14:14 TAKEN featuring @mrosenbaum711 in all the roles! bit.ly/8pAY3X (via @Templesmith) #
• 14:40 Fett Hates Fruitcake: 12 Days of SPACE-Mas! bit.ly/6YjWt8 Thanks for the tip @animalmachine! (RT @starwars) #starwarsxmas #
• 14:41 Mystery as spiral blue light display hovers above Norway! is.gd/5hdy6 (thanks @tarasis @dblackanese) #UFOs #madscience #
• 15:52 RT @noelfielding11: I dragged the huge Chinese shark up three flights of stairs into the Egyptian palace. (The first line of my novel. ) #
• 15:56 Norway spiral light = Russian missile launch. @Gizmodo has the full explanation! is.gd/5hjcx & is.gd/5hjeD No fun UFOs for us! #
• 15:59 RT @JaneWiedlin: I forgot how much I love this video & song that no one ever saw or heard! is.gd/5hjmK #WiedlinWed #
• 16:03 RT @SLGPublishing: Reading submissions today. I'll tweet tips as they occur to me. 1st We are not really looking for color projects. #comics #
• 16:23 "A Charlie Brown Christmas" on @Hulu! is.gd/5hknh #
• 17:01 #Buffy fans rejoice! Riley Finn on #Castle! Hey @NathanFillion, will James Marsters ever guest star? ;-) is.gd/5hlJa #
• 17:40 RT @501stLegion: #StarWars Celebration pre-sale tickets start tomorrow morning! bit.ly/8nbjX3 #SWCV #501st #
• 17:45 bahahahahahahahaha! is.gd/5hnlY #
• 18:17 Famous #Monsters mag is Coming Back! is.gd/5hkPG (RT @io9) #
• 19:26 Collectible Glasses That Haunted Our Childhoods! (RT @io9) is.gd/5hrha #starwars #startrek #
• 23:20 RT @LeighAnneD: Image I shot of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - #Starwars in Concert #cleveland bit.ly/AnakinsRedeption #
• 00:47 Fake or not - this scares me more than "Paranormal Activity!" is.gd/5hErt (RT @OKBJGM) #WTF #

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I managed to land a 2 page strip piece for the Dec. 23rd Lansing City Pulse. W00t!

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Issue eight of YETI magazine arrived today. I noticed it because it has a Zola Jesus interview, and I am fond of Nika and her noises. But it’s a monstrous 200-page thing packed with all kinds of interesting stuff. Also, an eighty-minute CD full of rare/unreleased music by shitloads of people. Here’s Yeti’s site, with the information you want. It’s USD $11.95, or USD $19.95 if, like me, you’re ordering from outside the USA. For the amount of content here, that’s really bloody cheap.

Oh, and I got this last week., but I want to mention it: Julianna Barwick’s sublime FLORINE, previously only available as an mp3 EP from eMusic, is now available as a CD. This was one of my very favourite discoveries of 2009, and I’m so glad to now have a physical copy to hand. Julianna’s mailing these out herself, and mine arrived with a nice little note on the back of the envelope.

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A book by Katelan Foisy:

Fifteen women.
Three portraits each.

They Be We provides an intimate look at the lives of fifteen different women. From mothers, to Voodoo doctors, to those in the limelight, each woman has a story to tell.

Go to this link here for a set of discount codes to use.

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Kid Test Labs Review Draw Star Wars: Clone Wars



This video MADE MY YEAR! The parents and kids at Kid Test Labs shot a video reviewing my new book (illustrated by Grant Gould) Draw Star Wars: The Clone Wars published by Klutz Books. The video interviews various kids as they attempt to draw everything from General Grievous to battle droids using the tutorials and tracing pages.



Seriously, how cool is it that actual kids went through my book with their parents to show them how to use it, and why the tutorials improved their drawing skills!? I'm very flattered they took the time to test out the book from cover to cover, and their suggestions and thoughts really meant a lot to me.

I especially liked that one kid decided to draw a fairy princess General Grievous, complete with gnomes! Most impressive!

Thanks young Padawans!

Read the full review here:
Getting Klutzy Wit It
(via Kid Test labs)

Sending Joe a present today for being the best VP ever.

Once upon a time, someone starting a new publishing house would either have a personal fortune or would seek large private investors. Crowdsourced fundraising allows the masses to chip in for projects they believe in.

Tu Publishing is one that I’m excited about. Tu Publishing is a small, independent multicultural SFF press for children and YA and they are raising money for startup costs right now. I’ve had the opportunity to correspond with Stacy Whitman in my role as SFWA secretary and she’s sharp, knows the industry and is passionate about YA and SF.

The catch is that the fundraiser only has four more days to go and they only have 40% of their total.

Fantasy and science fiction, mystery and historical fiction–these genres draw in readers like no other. Yet it is in these genres that readers of color might feel most like an outsider, given that such a large percentage features white characters (when they feature human characters). It is the goal of Tu Publishing to publish genre books for children and young adults that fill this gap in the market–and more importantly, this gap in serving our readers. By focusing on multicultural settings and characters in fantastic stories, we also open up worlds to all readers.

Now, given my history with fundraisers, I want to let you know that Kickstarter rocks. It’s a very solid platform. I’ve talked to the developers and experimented with donations on the site. It’s beautifully done.

Please consider donating to get Tu Publishing off the ground.

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Shots from the photographers who accompanied Scott and Shackleton’s teams:

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• World around us: Ukrainian student killed by exploding chewing gum
  ""A loud pop was heard from the student's room," the ukranews.com portal said, citing an aide to the city's police chief. "When his relatives entered the room they saw that the lower part of the young man's face had been blown off.""
  (tags:weird stupid probably+not+delicious )
• Scientists unveil first ‘bionic fingers’
  "Those fitted with the device will be able to bend, touch, pick up and point, simple actions which can be difficult with absent fingers and thumbs."
  (tags:sci tech bodymod )
• Spillway: Bunkerlust

  (tags:architecture history retro )

• polis: a blog about cities: Six Questions for a Paramodernism

  (tags:architecture theory )

• Inkdrops 007 ? The Endless Commission Now Available

  (tags:peopleiknow art )

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